Those who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he…

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Those who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen, people, whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1977). The Portable Thomas Jefferson, p.182, Penguin
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Those who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen, people, whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1977). The Portable Thomas Jefferson, p.182, Penguin

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